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Alistair Darling was born on 28 November 1953 in Hendon, then part of Middlesex (now London), the son of a civil engineer, Thomas, and his wife, Anna MacLean. [7] [8] He was the great-nephew of Sir William Darling, a Conservative/Unionist Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South (1945–1957) who had served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh during the Second World War. [9]
Nov 30, 2023 · Lord Darling served in cabinet for 13 years under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and led the UK through the 2008 financial crisis. He was a respected and popular politician across the political spectrum, who also campaigned for Scotland to stay in the UK and the EU.
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Nov 30, 2023 · The family of the party stalwart confirmed his death on Thursday after a short stay in hospital. He served as chancellor under Gordon Brown during the global banking crisis and led the campaign for Scotland to remain in the UK.
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Nov 30, 2023 · Alistair Darling, UK chancellor, 1953-2023 Sir Tony Blair, Labour prime minister from 1997 to 2007, said: “Alistair Darling was a rarity in politics. I never met anyone who didn’t like him.
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Nov 30, 2023 · Alistair Darling in 2010. “Alistair was the person you would want in the room because he was calm and he was considered and he had great integrity,” said Gordon Brown, the Labour prime ...
Nov 30, 2023 · F ormer Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, who oversaw Britain’s economy during the 2008 global financial crisis, has died at the age of 70. “Darling, the much-loved husband of ...
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Nov 30, 2023 · Gordon Brown hailed Alistair Darling as “a statesman of unimpeachable integrity” whose stewardship of the financial crisis won worldwide respect after his former chancellor died at the age of 70.
